Where does “gröf” come from?

gröf (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “gröf”, step by step

gröf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic grabą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via Proto-Germanic grabō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrabōgrave, trench, ditch
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrebʰ-to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →